Transport Minister defends fuel tax break and rejects speed limit:

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Rising fuel prices: Transport Minister defends fuel discount: The fuel discount only partially reaches the consumer. Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder ...

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Gasoline price: Schnieder still considers fuel rebates a sensible measure: Although the tax relief for corporations has not yet been fully passed on to customers ...

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Minister Schnieder supports a two-month fuel discount and may extend it if oil market tensions persist.

He rejects a speed limit but notes slower driving and increased public transport usage already occurring.

Greenpeace proposes cutting kerosene use by 38% through fewer business flights and more train travel, which the minister dismisses.

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The citizens don't need a 'nanny' to keep them from straying onto the grass on the highway.
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